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R. GUASTAVINO. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE PROOF BUILDINGS. .930.

Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

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UNITED STAT S RAFAEL GUASTAVINO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,930, dated August11, 1885. 7

Application filed April 21, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RAFAEL GUASTAVINO, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire ProofBuildings, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to the construction of fire-proofbuildings, and has particular reference to the partitions of suchbuildings. It is applicable to buildings of all descriptionssuch asprivate dwellings, factories, theaters, school-houses, 8:0.

The object of the invention is to produce a more substantial and moreeconomical system for constructing the partitions than any now in use.attain economy, solidity,and incombustibility. In addition to thequalities mentioned, partitions constructed according to my inventionare light in weight, clean, and entirely free from the usual cavitiesincident to the common form of partitions, thus insuring the buildingsagainst the lodgment of pests such as rats, roaches, and thelikebesides, they are entirely free from joints, one integral structurewithout solution of continuity resembling a large stone.

In the accompanying drawings,- which form part of this description,andin which like letters indicate like features, Figure 1 represents thepartition in elevation; Fig. 2, a similar view of the opposite side ofthe .same partition; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the partition;

Fig. 4, a horizontal section of the same, and

Fig. 5 a detail in horizontal section, showing the actual form of thebricks used in the partitions.

As shown in the drawings, my partitions are built of two or morethicknesses of brick tiles united one with the other by cement orplaster-of-paris.

In building the partitions according to my plan ordinary bricks are notwell adapted. I by preference use brick tile of three-quarters of aninch thick to four tosixinches wide, and from eight to twelve incheslong. These tiles are built up into two or morelayers with their broadfaces vertical, and are set in the cement or plaster-of-paris. When twoor more layers of brick tiles of this description are united togetherface to face in such manner as to break joints, a structure is formedhaving a surface without solution of continuity and re- By myconstruction of partitions I] sembling alarge stone of three or moreinches thick.

In some instances the'brick tiles are so laid in two layers of cement asto break joints.

To add to the solidity of the structure, the tiles of one layer may bearranged in perpendicular lines, while those of the other are arrangedin diagonal lines. In some forms of the structure the tiles of one layermay be smooth on the exposed surface, while those of the other layerhave alternate elevations and depressions on the exposed surface.

To set properly the gas-pipes in this kind of tile-brick partitions, Imay employ two kinds of tilesone three-fourths of an inch thick, asshown in horizontal at R R B, Fig. 5, and the other of two inches thick,as at T T T T. Fig. 5havingthe specific form of thoseshown in saidfigure. The letter X(shown in Fig. 5) indicates the position of thegas-pipes, and S indicates a partial view of the side of the partitionbefore the first coat of plastering is applied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A partition for buildings composed of two or more layers of bricktiles laid up with their broad faces vertical, united to each other bycement or plaster-of-paris, substantially as set forth.

2. A partition for buildings composed of two or more layers of bricktiles laid'up with their broad faces vertical, united together, so as tobreak joints, by cement or plaster-ofparis, substantially as set forth.

3. A partition for buildings composed of two or more layers of bricktiles, the tiles of one layer arranged in horizontal lines, while thoseof the other or others are arranged in diagonal lines, substantially asset forth.

4.. A partition for buildings composed of two or more layers of bricktiles, the tiles of one or more layers being smooth on the exposedsurface, while those of the other layer have alternate elevations anddepressions on the exposed surface, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

